Rhinelander’s Leander Sprecksel (63) and Cyrus Leisure (37) look to corral Merrill’s Kanin Jahnke during a GNC football game at Merrill Friday, Oct. 17. Coach Aaron Kraemer said the Hodags will be facing an Edgewood offense this evening that is similar in scheme to what if faced last week against the Bluejays. (Bob Mainhardt for the River News)
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Given second life, Hodag football looks to make most of postseason opportunity
The sadness and uncertainty the Rhinelander High School football team faced when it left the field following a 27-13 loss to Merrill in its regular season finale last Friday was replaced with relief and happiness roughly 13 hours later when the Hodags found out that — despite a three-game losing streak to end the regular season — it had done just enough the qualify for the WIAA playoffs.
